February 6, 2025
I love this painting…
And I think that this wardrobe is going to be fascinating; we start with the world’s most simple neutrals of black and ivory, and then add FOUR accent colors – one for each season. Yes, the idea of white as an accent color when we’ve already got ivory in the wardrobe is a little bit of a stretch. I’m interested to see what happens with this, since so many of us don’t wear mixed shades of white and off-whites as often as we could.
When we happily ran screaming from the end of January, our heroine had a wildly versatile, if not super-exciting, eight-piece wardrobe:
earrings – Bloomingdale’s; Gray cashmere sweater – L.L.Bean; shirt – Alex Mill; Cashmere cardigan – J.Crew; tee shirts – Lands’ End; silk scarf – Baby Boutique NYC; grey tee – BP; jeans – L.L.Bean; bag – The Sak; knit corduroy pants – L.L.Bean; scarf – Talbots; loafers – Easy Spirit; sneakers – Taos Footwear
It seems obvious to me that the coral/peach accent color makes a lot of sense for spring. Our heroine was particularly delighted then to find THREE tops in that shade, as well as the perfect scarf to tie the coral into her black neutrals. A classic black skirt, black flats, and (fake) moissanite earrings finish her February shopping:
Earrings – Kylie Harper; sunset coral pink oversized shirt – Lands’ End; small scarf – The Met Store; tiny striped tee shirt – Lands’ End; fleece quarter-zip – Lands’ End; black pleated skirt – J.Crew; ballet flats – Vionic
To me, this now looks like a just about perfect springtime travel wardrobe!
There’s no real way to dress badly from this small assortment of clothing, but let’s look at some outfits, just for fun!
This wardrobe fits more neatly into just a couple of seasons of The Weekly Timeless Wardrobe – maybe because these are the easiest colors to find? Or maybe it’s just random…
If this wardrobe turned up in a nice piece of luggage, sitting by my apartment door, I’m sure I could find someplace to go…
love,
Janice
p.s. Earlier posts about this wardrobe can be found at: Christmas Day Introduction, January.
p.p.s. Ten years ago, the art that started us was a painting of a bodhisattva from the Zhou dynasty. You don’t hear that every day!
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This is just so beautiful and practical. What a lovely and soothing capsule! I’d love to see jeans in the blush color for Spring and I’m excited to see how you incorporate the chestnut color. My favorite piece is the Met Store Tiffany glass scarf. I don’t know about everyone else, but museum stores are just my favorite place to find special pieces and gifts!